Growing Up Under a Red Flag: A Memoir of Surviving the Chinese Cultural Revolution

by Ying Chang Compestine

Book Overview

A stirring and magnificently illustrated picture-book memoir of the author's childhood during the Chinese Cultural Revolution

Ying Chang Compestine was a young girl in 1966 when Mao launched his Cultural Revolution to reclaim power and eliminate non-communist values in the country. His army began punishing and arresting people who didn't agree with him, foreign reading material was banned, and children were all required to dress in uniform...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0593533984
• ISBN13: 9780593533987
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Rocky Pond Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 8.6" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4